Nasarawa State Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), has expressed readiness to partner the media to improve school enrolment in rural communities in the state. Officials of the state government and UNICEF made the disclosure on…
Femi Fani-Kayode long suspected of hobnobbing with APC stalwarts, finally ended the hide and seek and openly defected to the party from the PDP. He was received by President Buhari, in the company of the “poacher-in-chief”, Governor Mai Mala Buni,…
The Lagos Water Corporation (LWC) on Thursday warned residents to desist from consumption of unsafe water following the growing cholera outbreak in the country. The Director-General, LWC, Mr Muminu Badmus, gave the warning in a statement made available to newsmen…
The management of Heartland Football Club of Owerri on Thursday confirmed the appointment of Hassan Abdallah, a former Flying Eagles assistant coach, as the club’s new Chief Coach. Promise Nwachukwu, the club’s General Manager, disclosed in a statement that Abdallah…
Guinness Nigeria Plc. on Thursday notified the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Ltd. and the investing public that it would hold its 71st Annual General Meeting (AGM) by proxy. The company made the disclosure in a notice signed by its Secretary, Mr…
The Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUTECH) say it is set to commence postgraduate studies. The school said that the move was part of its efforts to intensify research and find solutions to array of issues in Ondo…
Bayelsa’s Gov. Douye Diri on Thursday in Yenagoa expressed satisfaction with the level of construction on the second phase of the Sagbama-Ekeremor Road in Bayelsa West senatorial district. Gov. Diri inspected the 42-kilometre road project from Toru-Orua to Ekeremor, told…
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) says its Chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, is hale and hearty. It said that the chairman had received medical treatment after feeling unwell during a function at the Presidential Villa on Thursday. Spokesperson for…
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded two men – Asemoaro Ezekiel, 26; and Idowu Kazeem, 25 – charged with unlawful possession of a gun. Magistrate A.O. Dirisu, who did not take the defendants’ plea, ordered that they should be…
Mr Buki Ponle, Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), has appealed to the National Assembly to amend the Act establishing the agency. Ponle made the appeal on Thursday in Abuja at a ceremony to immortalise the agency’s…
